Both Uses of
pilgrim
in
Wuthering Heights
- The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim's staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated.†
Chpt 3
- With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim's staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(pilgrim with a lowercase "p") someone who journeys to a special place -- typically a difficult journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion